Katrin Sievert is a research associate and PhD candidate in the Climate Finance and Policy Group at ETH Zurich and a visiting researcher in the Environmental Assessment and Optimization Group at the Doerr School of Sustainability and the Precourt Institute for Energy at Stanford University. Her research focuses on the techno-economics of carbon dioxide removal (CDR), carbon capture and storage (CCS), and synthetic fuels.

Kerstin Bircher is a science communication expert and museum pedagogue at focusTerra, the Earth & Science Discovery Center of ETH Zurich. She uses her Master’s degree in Earth Sciences and a geography teaching degree to combine scientific knowledge with educational skills for public outreach. Over her ten years at focusTerra, she has developed expertise in exhibition development, creating educational materials and museum operations – all of which are critical for realizing an exhibition such as KEEP IT CO2OL.

Prof. Dr. Timothy Eglinton FRS is Professor of Biogeoscience within the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at ETH Zürich. Eglinton obtained a BSc in Environmental Science at the Plymouth Polytechnic, and MSc and PhD in Organic Geochemistry at the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Following postdoctoral research positions at Delft Technical University (Netherlands) and Oslo University (Norway), he joined Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in 1989. He was a member of the Scientific Staff there until 2010, when he joined ETH.

Eglinton’s research program is centered on tracing the origin, cycling and legacy of biospheric carbon, and to understand the role of organic matter production, remineralization, transport and burial as a component of the global carbon cycle. He focusses on processes on the continents and in the oceans, as well as the transfer of carbon between these systems. He has pioneered radiocarbon measurements at the molecular level as a tool to examine carbon cycle processes. More information is available at http://www.biogeoscience.ethz.ch/

Dr Ulrike Kastrup has been director of focusTerra since 2009. After completing her doctorate in geophysics at ETH Zurich on earthquakes, Ulrike turned her attention to the many facets of natural hazards.

She has worked at the United Nations University on flood management, at RMIT on wild and bush fires and as a Corporate Risk Manager at the Swiss Federal Railways. The aim of her work has been to promote knowledge transfer between science, society and decision-makers through targeted communication.

Today, Ulrike’s work continues to focus on communicating and empowering people to better understand and act responsibly in their natural and man-made environment. At focusTerra, she is dedicated to communicating scientific knowledge with a strong focus on its social relevance. Through exhibitions and a variety of activities, she and her team succeed in inspiring a broad and diverse audience. Ulrike has also been a mentor for female PhD students at ETH in the field of outreach and communication to foster equality.

Ulrike served on the scientific committee of the European Environment Agency EEA and Ecsite Board (the European Network of Science Centres and Museums). From 2021-23 she has been the Vice-President of Ecsite.